Twitter Rejects Musk’s Bid to End Deal Ahead of Shareholder Vote
- Social media company says it hasn’t breached any obligations
- Whistle-blower to testify Tuesday as investors vote on deal
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Twitter Inc. rejected a third attempt by Elon Musk to cancel his agreement to buy the social network, a day before the company’s shareholders are to vote on the $44 billion deal.
Twitter’s lawyers said in a letter Monday that the billionaire’s attempt to walk away is “invalid and wrongful” and “Twitter has breached none of its representations or obligations,” according to a regulatory filing. Musk has said Twitter should have notified him before it spent $7.75 million in a separation agreement with Peiter Zatko, the company’s former security chief, who has raised concerns about lax security, privacy issues and the number of “bots” on the platform.